A kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2020-5475 Oracle Linux 8 kexec-tools bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2020-5475

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2020-5475.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
kexec-tools-2.0.20-34.0.3.el8_3.1.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
kexec-tools-2.0.20-34.0.3.el8_3.1.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kexec-tools-2.0.20-34.0.3.el8_3.1.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2.0.20-34.0.3]
- kdump: add threshold for the required memory (Chen Zhou) [Orabug:
32258986]
- Fix duplicate -s option for kexec [Orabug: 32127375]
- kdump: append no_timer_check to kdump kernel cmdline on xen guests
[Orabug: 30928441]
- arm64: skip purgatory integrity checks to speed up reboot [Orabug:
30822387]
- kdump: append iommu=off to kdump kernel cmdline [Orabug: 30832988]
- makedumpfile: fix RHCK makedumpfile [Orabug: 30580398]
- makedumpfile: backport latest upstream 52-bit VA arm patch [Orabug:
30580398]
- makedumpfile: rebase rhonly-kexec-tools-2.0.18-makedumpfile* patch
[Orabug: 30580398]
- makedumpfile: backport latest aarch64-related upstream patches
[Orabug: 30352094]
- change makedumpfile fixed size buffer for VMCOREINFO [Orabug: 29870551]
- 99kdumpbase: Do not append ip=:dhcp if ip=dhcp is present
[Orabug: 29518713]
- rebase
kexec-tools-2.0.8-dracut-module-setup-ibft-avoid-dup-config.patch
[Orabug: 28872281]
- don't patch files in SOURCES directory. That breaks building from the
srpm (dave.kleikamp@oracle.com)
- dracut-module-setup: avoid duplicate config for ibft [Orabug: 22780125]
- kdumpctl: exclude default_hugepagesz setting from kdump kernel cmdline
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 19134999]
- kdumpctl: verify if kernel support securelevel interface
(Sriharsha Yadagudde) [Orabug: 18905671]

[2.0.20-34.1]
- kdump-lib.sh: detect secure boot on s390